Untitled Posted November 11, 2003 at 12:00 am

I feel old all of a sudden. I did some investigation into the issue of whether two spaces or one space should be inserted after a period at the end of the sentence. I have always been taught that the former approach was correct and this site has reflected that; but, it seems the times have changed. I read a thorough report on the subject, which would indicate overwhelming support for the usage of only one space. The report establishes that the two space approach was a relic of the typewriter days; a hack, if you will, to improve readability. You can still see the effects of using two spaces when dealing with monospaced fonts. They make some valid points for the usage of a single space and I have updated this page accordingly.

In the morning and early afternoon I made final preparations for statistics before heading out to take the exam. The problems were daunting at first, but I struggled through it and came out feeling cautiously optimistic. After the test I went to the third floor ECE labs in the CoC to work on my VLSI project. I only worked for about an hour but I took care of some minor design changes and general housekeeping so it was time well spent. The next deadline for the VLSI project is now less than two weeks away, which has me somewhat worried.

Having all but ran out of food stores, I begrudgingly made a trip to Publix in the evening. I grabbed a tuna melt from Blimpie on the way home for dinner. Titus and I finished the D.N.Angel series. The ending was good and typical of the series with only a few small surprises. Looking back, it’s a very enjoyable series with a little action, light humor, and a cute romance at its heart. Highly recommended.